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; COUNTRY CUBA/PANAMA REPORT NO. TOCSDB-3/651, 144
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; SuBsCT ATTEVPT OF ANTONIO VARONA, OF DATE DISTR. 24 AUGUST 1962
t CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL, To °
i OBTAIN SUPPORT OF PRESIDENT PRECEDENCE ROUTINE
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_ DATE OF OVERTHROW CASTRO REGIME RERRENCES 7; Nt 46636
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PARA 1: PANAMANIAN (F) [CLOSE TO PRESIDENT CHIARIL.OWPARAS 2-3:

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PANAMANIAN (C) WITH CONTACTS IN HIGH-LEVEL OFFICYAL CIRCLES. |

- 12 ON 15 AUGUST 1962 astoxro \VARONA LOREDO, DEPUTY CHIEF OF |
‘THE CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL (CRC), VISITED PRESIDENT ROBERTO

2  CHIARI OF F:NAMA AND REQUESTED CHIARI TO ORGANIZE AND HOST A MEET- |

ING OF CENTRAL AMERICAN CHIEFS OF STATE ON THE CUBAN ISSUE WITH |

EMPHASIS ON INFILTRATION OF CASTRO AGENTS INTO CENTRAL AMERICA.

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| DATE AND THAT CHIARI SHOULD INVITE PRESIDENT KENNEDY TO ATTEND.

| CHIARI TOLD VARONA THAT THIS WOULD BE A MOST SERIOUS UNDERTAKING
i REQUIRING INTENSIVE STUDY AND THAT HE COULD MAKE xO counrTuENT
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_ TO VARONA ox THE MATTER, ON 16 AUGUST VARONA LEFT PANAMA FOR

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20 AUGUST AND HOPED 10 TALK TO PRESIDENT CHIARI AGAIN aT THAT.
TIME, ;

2. ON 20 AUGUST A GROUP OF CUBAN EXILES IN PANAMA CALLED ON
MARCOS ROBLES, PANAMANIAN MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT AND JUSTICE, ' AND
REQUESTED ROBLES TO TRY TO PERSUADE PRESIDENT CHIARI TO PERMIT THE

ESTABLISHMENT IN PANAMA OF A TRAINING BASE FOR CUBAN EXILES,
'3, ON 21 AUGUST PRESIDENT CHIARI SAID THE WAIN PURPOSE OF
VARONA'S VISIT AS TO REQUEST CHIARI'S APPROVAL OF A TRAINING
BASE IN PANAMA, AND THAT HE HAD TOLD VARONA HE WOULD TAKE THE
MATTER UNDER CONSIDERATION. HOWEVER, CHIARI DISCUSSED’ IT WITH ~

~ MEMBERS OF HIS. GOVERNMENT SUBSEQUENTLY AND IT WAS AGREED THAT

PERMISSION WOULD NOT BE GRANTED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT~OF A.
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PRESIDENT OF THE CRC, SAID IN MIAMI THAT VARONA HAS LEAVING MIAMI
14 AUGUST ON A TRIP TO PANAMA AND COSTA RICA. MIRO SAID THAT THE
PURPOSE OF. THE TRIP WAS GENERAL. PUBLIC RELATIONS WITH NO

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FOREIGN MINISTERS OF CENTRAL AMERICA WHICH HAD BEEN DISCUSSED . ,

WHEN HE (MIRO) WAS IN THE ‘AREA IN JUNE, THERE WERE APPARENTLY

REASONS FOR VARONA'S TRIP OTHER THAN THE OSTENSIBLE ONES STATED

BY MIRO. THERE ARE RUMORS THAT SOkE MEMBERS OF THE CUBAN EXILE
COMMUNITY IN MIAMI ARE MAKING EFFORTS TO OBTAIN HELP IN

CONVINCING PRESIDENT CHIARI TO PERMIT THE ESTABLISHMENT IS |
PANAMA OF A CUBAN GOVERNMEST-IN-EXILE HEADED BY DR. MIRO CARDONA,

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